Punitaqui
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Punitaqui is a town and commune of Chile in the Limarí Province. Punitaqui hosts an eponymous mining district which includes the gold mine of Tambo de Oro. There are ores of copper, gold and mercury around Punitaqui.
Key facts
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- Punitaqui
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- Town and Commune
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- Flag
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- Coat of arms
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- Chile
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- yes
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- bottom
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- Location in Chile
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- Location in Chile
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- city
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- Province
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- Limarí
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Punitaqui
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Limarí Province
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 10956
- Area
- 1339.3
- Elevation
- 450
- Official website
- www.munipunitaqui.cl
- Image
- Municipalidad de Punitaqui.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- postal code
- 04304
- native label
- Punitaqui
- Commons category
- Punitaqui
- inception
- 1785-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 1997 earthquake
- Demographics
- Administration
- References
- External links
Punitaqui is a town and commune of Chile in the Limarí Province. Punitaqui hosts an eponymous mining district which includes the gold mine of Tambo de Oro. There are ores of copper, gold and mercury around Punitaqui.
==History== Punitaqui was once part of the Ovalle Department before the administrative restructuring of 1976.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Punitaqui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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